10-27-2023, 04:18 PM
The very second that Aeryn heard her own words repeated back to her, made her feel as though she was a complete idiot. Her internal monologue screamed at her naivety, confirming that she was out of practice regarding this kind of thing. While she had been honest and open to trying new experiences, and ending the self-enforced drought because she didn't want to go through losing someone again, she hadn't exactly got off to the greatest of starts.
So while Beka teased her gently, there was a small part of Aeryn that wanted to hide or, better yet, have the deck open up and swallow her whole. However, she decided to confront this head-on and use some of that Scottish bravado that had served her well when she needed it the most, even more so when Beka left an important question hanging between them.
" Yes it would be a shame, and you can probably tell that I'm out of practice with all of this" she admitted, with a slight Scottish lilt to her voice, a piece of her true heritage that had never quite left the redhead despite spending most of her life in space.
" It's also new to me".
There she had said it, thinking it was better to get that out of the way before anything potentially happened and so Beka didn't think she was a complete novice.
So while Beka teased her gently, there was a small part of Aeryn that wanted to hide or, better yet, have the deck open up and swallow her whole. However, she decided to confront this head-on and use some of that Scottish bravado that had served her well when she needed it the most, even more so when Beka left an important question hanging between them.
" Yes it would be a shame, and you can probably tell that I'm out of practice with all of this" she admitted, with a slight Scottish lilt to her voice, a piece of her true heritage that had never quite left the redhead despite spending most of her life in space.
" It's also new to me".
There she had said it, thinking it was better to get that out of the way before anything potentially happened and so Beka didn't think she was a complete novice.